I make it myself. You can buy a complete soft food from RatRations, or just make something like porridge out of oats if they are only getting it as a treat. There are loads of recipes in the Scuttling Gourmet book. Have fun!

It's sardine and veg day today, so happy ratlets. Might try them on a chunk of pineapple later and see what they make of it. Youngsters are gaining weight slowly and growing and fatty has lost another 7g, which I'm v pleased about.

Hah, I missed the direct question! They've not been getting anything particularly interesting because they're all starting to feel their age now, so my feeding emphasis is slowly heading over to more keeping weight on. Which doesn't involve all that much in terms of bits of fruit/ veggies I'm not eating as those bits tend to be less nutritious for the amount of eating/ digestion required, so not what you want to feed an old rat who's thinking about losing weight.

This week's discovery is that eating fenugreek leaves leads to urine that I swear smells even more pungent than the leaves themselves, and as good as Back 2 Nature is, it apparently can't cope with the after-effects of this particular leafy green veg.

_________________Poo-shoveller to: Zephyr Delanynder, Lia, and Lita.Fondly remembering: Falere the contrary NLA36, Mirala the best and finest NLA36, Zephyr Opold the serene, and Rila the rodentist.Avatar by Ursula Vernon.

With only 4 rats, most days they only get 1 type of fresh food (e.g. mushrooms only come so small ) so I haven't posted on here much as "today: kale" isn't terribly exciting-sounding. So I was wondering if I could post with fresh foods my rats ate this past week instead?

Last week:- cooked carrot, celery, onion, and thyme (from a soup I made; this was very popular, even the onion)- reheated frozen spinach with a drop of olive oil (for stirring in their vitamin/mineral supplement)- cooked broccoli stem (a frequent favourite in our household; the rats will fight over it if I don't chop it into enough pieces)- tinned salmon (another regular, though less frequent favourite)

_________________Poo-shoveller to: Zephyr Delanynder, Lia, and Lita.Fondly remembering: Falere the contrary NLA36, Mirala the best and finest NLA36, Zephyr Opold the serene, and Rila the rodentist.Avatar by Ursula Vernon.

Last week:- cooked carrot and celery (from the same soup as the week before; I froze the rats' portion so they wouldn't have to eat it all at once)- cooked broccoli stem- cooked green bean ends- cooked cauliflower (all the little bits that fall off as you chop one up scrape together to make a substantial rat portion)- cooked chestnut mushroom- cooked radish- reheated frozen spinach- reheated frozen grilled aubergine, courgette, and pepper (there are some interesting things in the supermarket frozen aisle these days!)- tinned salmon and kippers

_________________Poo-shoveller to: Zephyr Delanynder, Lia, and Lita.Fondly remembering: Falere the contrary NLA36, Mirala the best and finest NLA36, Zephyr Opold the serene, and Rila the rodentist.Avatar by Ursula Vernon.

My poor rats were too hot on Tuesday and sleeping on the ladders and sprawled on the floor of the cage. I gave them a fan which helped blow the hot air about a bit and they seemed to like it.They also got a dish of water with frozen peas to dunk for. They loved them

JarJar looking a bit hot and bothered but enjoying his pea IMG_3185 by Lara Day, on Flickr

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